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What is crop production?

Humans use crops in various ways. We use them for consumption, as fodder plants for livestock consumption, fiber plants for ropes and textiles, oil crops for consumption or industrial purposes and ornamental plants for the landscape garden. Also secondary crops are used for various personal and industrial purposes. Crop production includes grains, cotton, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nuts and plants. Crop production includes all the feed sources that are required to maintain the dairy herd. It also includes the resources inputs used to produce the crops. This page contains latest news and innovations in crop breeding, crop production and crop management.

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October 1 Ks Crop Production Estimates Show Corn Production Lower And Soybean And Sorghum Production Higher Than Last Year October 13, 2021 1:12 AM WIBW News - Kansas Based on October 1 conditions, Kansas’s 2021 corn production is forecast at 742 million bushels, down 3% from last year’s production, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Area to be harvested for grain, at 5.30 million acres, …
USDA Crop Production (Oct. 12): Corn, Soybean Production Forecast Up Slightly From September October 12, 2021 5:33 PM Grainnet Washington, DC — Corn production for grain is forecast at 15.0 billion bushels, up slightly from the previous forecast and up 6 percent from 2020, according to the Oct. 12 Crop Production report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Based on conditions …
HBL, BoP offer insured crop production loans October 9, 2021 4:46 AM Dawn LAHORE: Habib Bank Limited (HBL), the Bank of Punjab (BoP) and TPL Insurance Limited have entered into a strategic partnership for pilot testing of the Area Yield Index Insurance (AYII) product proposed by the Pakistan Agriculture Coalition. The product …
Barchart Cuts Crop Production Forecasts and Yield for U.S. and Canada October 6, 2021 4:41 PM Tradingcharts.com Oct 06, 2021 (MENAFN via COMTEX) -- (MENAFN - Barchart) CHICAGO, IL - October 5, 2021 - Barchart, a leading provider of data services, software and technology to global commodity buyers, agriculture, and the food supply chain, has released their October …

Crop production

Experiences with drought damage in Australia offer new perspectives for European...

June 10, 2020

Crop production

Digging/Spading strips to limit drought damage and wind erosion. The weather in Australia can take extreme forms. In addition to long heat waves, massive forest...

Mobile drip irrigation on solar energy

December 20, 2019

Irrigation technology

European Dutch Jean Heybroek BV from Houten (The Netherlands) and Tijms Products BV from Geesbrug (The Netherlands) have tested extensive drip irrigation on solar...

Farmers use technique to suppress weeds before it kill crops

August 13, 2019

Weed control

Soil solarization is a technique farmers use to control pests through high temperatures. It can also help in speeding up the breakdown of organic...

Govt officials in Bangkok strive to learn vegetable production

August 12, 2019

Vegetables

Bangkok partners with the African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO) to train government officials in basic gardening and safe vegetable production. The goal of the program...

Food prescription to replace drug prescriptions by doctors

June 11, 2019

Vegetables

Healthy food prescription may soon replace drug prescriptions for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes prevention. A recent study shows that healthy food prescription can improve people's...

Climate-smart practices help farmers cope with drought in Zimbabwe

May 29, 2019

Irrigation & drainage

Drought-stricken areas in Zimbabwe made it hard for farmers to maximize the growth of their crops. Most of the crops that they harvest are...